Shaftesbury, UK: Element Books, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xvii +190pp. Maps, frontis, bibliography, index, b&w illustrations. With contributory material by Patricia Shore Turner and Robin E. Cousins. Illustrated by Charles H. Cattell and Jane O'Reilly. Elizabethan Magic provides the reader with precise renditions and translation fo the most important magical tracts of the Tudor era. Complete with extensive commentaries, it offers a fascinating insight into the colourful and often intriguing personalities of the time. Nearly half the book is devoted to extensive and important commentaries on John Dee and his magic, the rest to Simon Forman et al. The first and (to date) only edition.
Author(s): Robert Turner
Publisher: Element Books Ltd
Year: 1989
Language: English
Pages: 208
City: Longmead, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Tags: Wicca;Wicca, Witchcraft & Paganism;New Age & Spirituality;Religion & Spirituality;Magic Studies;Occult & Paranormal;Religion & Spirituality;Enoch;Enochian
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Colin Wilson
Introduction
I John Dee: The Sage of Mortlake
II The Angelic Manuscripts
III Commentaries on the Angelic Manuscripts of John Dee
IV Simon Forman: Physician, Astrologer and Necromancer
V Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Medical Practitioner
VI Thomas Jones of Tregaron: In the Shadow of the Hawk by Patricia Shore Turner
VII Robert Turner of 'Holshott' or The Astrological Botanist and the Books of the Elizabethan Magi by Robin E. Cousins
Appendix A: Edward Kelly: Seer, Conjuror and A1chemist
Appendix B: Explanatory Diagrams to Dee Texts
Appendix C : The Physical Location of the Ninety-One Parts of the Earth named by Man, as detailed in the
Liber Scientiae Auxilii et Victoriae Terrestris of John Dee by Robin E. Cousins
Appendix D: Guide to the Maps
Bibliography
Index
